If you've been following the blog for a while, you already know the Blazing Pact: the multiracial alliance forged in the volcanoes of Chardauka, its fiery gods, the betrayal of Thal'kor , and the scars left by the Planar Crisis. What had been missing until now was an answer to a question the lore left unresolved: who actually built all this, and what remains of them? The answer is the fire giants. And their history has gone from being a footnote to becoming one of the Pact's central narrative pillars. The Vul'enkar: From Executors to Founders (If you want to get into context before continuing, here's a summary of the Blazing Pact's culture and history ). In the previous version of the lore, fire giants appeared mentioned almost in passing: powerful creatures, nearly extinct after the Planar Crisis, irrelevant in the present. What I've developed now is what happened before. When the tribes of elves and orcs undertook the pilgrimage to the sacred volca...
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